On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Keith Kaste wrote: > If there are any other lurkers out there who want to delurk temporarily > to tell us what you paddle, now is the time. OK, you smoked me out. I paddle what I gather most people on this list would consider dogs. 1) NW Kayaks Cadence. Big, slow, stable freighter. I carry way too much gear and I don't like to worry about dumping. I have probably cheated death without knowing it. You may now give me a lecture on developing rolling and bracing skills. 2) NW Kayaks Seascape II. Double version of same with center hatch. Same reasons plus desire to take two small children along. 3) This might interest some of you: a small glass double (really a 1.5) homebuilt locally by a stranger whose name I have forgotten. He called it a "twingle," small enough for one person to paddle with a passenger. The rear cockpit is well forward compared to most other doubles for better control. I use this one the most because I usually have to take one child along to get out of the house. An adult in the forward cockpit causes the bow to submarine. It is one of only 5 ever built (I was told) and gets a lot of questions wherever I take it, which has included the Broken Group and Gulf Islands for a week at a time. Don't ask me the weight, length, or beam of any of these. I'm a clod, I don't know. They're big & heavy. I don't leave the shore if there is any risk of bad conditions, especially with a small child sleeping on the forward hatch. (We have done self-rescue pool practice, at least.) Richard Strickland, a kayaking dad Seattle, WA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 23 1998 - 17:10:34 PST
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